There are reports that the man who was crushed to death when a shop sign fell on him was a lawyer from New Zealand, who was visiting London with his girlfriend. He's been named as Jacob Marx, who was 27.

He was pinned to the pavement when the 30-foot long, metal sign toppled off the William Hill bookmakers in Camden on Monday night. Passers-by lifted it off him, but he later died in hospital from a heart attack.

Camden Council cabinet member for community safety, Councillor Abdul Hai, said:

“This is [a] tragic incident and our thoughts are with the victim’s family at this sad time. Our health and safety and building control teams attended the scene immediately to take the necessary action to make sure there was no further danger to the public from the building.”